BlackRock Senior High Income Fund, Inc.

UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, D.C. 20549

FORM N-Q

QUARTERLY SCHEDULE OF PORTFOLIO HOLDINGS OF REGISTERED

MANAGEMENT INVESTMENT COMPANY

Investment Company Act file number 811-07456

Name of Fund: BlackRock Senior High Income Fund, Inc. (ARK)

Fund Address: 100 Bellevue Parkway, Wilmington, DE 19809

Name and address of agent for service: John M. Perlowski, Chief Executive Officer, BlackRock Senior High

Income Fund, Inc., 55 East 52nd Street, New York, NY 10055

Registrant’s telephone number, including area code: (800) 882-0052, Option 4

Date of fiscal year end: 02/28/2013

Date of reporting period: 11/30/2012


Item 1 – Schedule of Investments


 

 

Consolidated Schedule of Investments November 30,  2012 (Unaudited)

 

 

BlackRock Senior High Income Fund, Inc. (ARK)

(Percentages shown are based on Net Assets)

 

    

Par

(000)

     Value  
Asset-Backed Securities                

Anchorage Capital CLO Ltd., Series 2012-1A, Class B, 3.16%,
1/13/25 (a)(b)(c)

     USD     750       $ 708,750   

Carlyle Global Market Strategies, Series 2012-4A, Class D, 4.81%, 1/20/25 (a)(b)(c)

     300         290,046   

CSAM Funding, Series 2A, Class B1, 7.05%, 10/15/16 (a)

     500         520,650   

Fraser Sullivan CLO Ltd.,
Series 2012-7A, Class C,
4.32%, 4/20/23 (a)(b)

     405         381,384   

Goldentree Loan Opportunities VI Ltd., Series 2012-6A, Class D, 4.53%, 4/17/22 (a)(b)

     650         619,645   

Highbridge Loan Management Ltd., Series 2012-1A, Class C, 5.71%, 9/20/22 (a)(b)

     650         618,475   

ING Investment Management (a)(b):

     

Series 2012-2A, Class D, 4.99%, 10/15/22

     675         651,375   

Series 2012-4A, Class C, 4.73%, 10/15/23

     500         481,700   

LCM LP (a)(b):

     

Series 11A, Class D2, 4.27%, 4/19/22

     700         665,000   

Series 9A, Class E, 4.54%, 7/14/22

     500         427,350   

Octagon Investment Partners Ltd., Series 2012-1A, Class C, 4.56%, 1/15/24 (a)(b)(c)

     400         369,600   

Symphony CLO Ltd. (a)(b):

     

Series 2012-9A, Class D, 4.58%, 4/16/22

     525         500,325   

Series 2012-10A, Class D, 5.61%, 7/23/23

     650         651,625   

West CLO Ltd., Series 2012-1A,
Class C, 5.05%, 10/30/23 (a)(b)

     590         570,766   

Total Asset-Backed Securities – 3.0%

  

       7,456,691   

    

     
     
     Shares         
Common Stocks (d)                

Chemicals — 0.0%

     

GEO Specialty Chemicals, Inc.

     142,466         65,534   

Commercial Services & Supplies — 0.1%

  

  

Clean Harbors, Inc.

     190,000         194,275   

Containers & Packaging — 0.1%

     

Smurfit Kappa Plc

     18,171         213,295   

Metals & Mining — 0.1%

     

Euramax International

     935         183,864   
     Shares      Value  
Common Stocks (d)                

Paper & Forest Products — 0.4%

  

  

Ainsworth Lumber Co. Ltd.

     296,708       $ 970,756   

Software — 0.2%

  

  

HMH Holdings/EduMedia

     30,022         600,435   

Total Common Stocks – 0.9%

  

       2,228,159   

    

     
     
    

Par

(000)

        
Corporate Bonds                

Aerospace & Defense — 0.5%

  

  

Huntington Ingalls Industries, Inc., 7.13%, 3/15/21

   USD  425         459,531   

Kratos Defense & Security Solutions, Inc., 10.00%, 6/01/17

     692         754,280   
                1,213,811   

Airlines — 0.1%

  

  

American Airlines Pass-Through Trust, Series 2011-2, Class A, 8.63%, 4/15/23

     202         206,171   

Delta Air Lines, Inc., Series 2009-1, Class B, 9.75%, 6/17/18

     85         95,590   
                301,761   

Auto Components — 1.3%

  

  

Delphi Corp., 6.13%, 5/15/21

     290         320,450   

Icahn Enterprises LP:

     

7.75%, 1/15/16

     110         114,675   

8.00%, 1/15/18

       2,065         2,194,063   

Titan International, Inc., 7.88%, 10/01/17

     490         515,725   

Venture Holdings Co. LLC (d)(e):

  

  

12.00%, 7/01/49

     700         0.00   

Series B, 9.50%, 7/01/05

     3,325         0.00   
                3,144,913   

Building Products — 0.5%

  

  

Building Materials Corp. of America (a):

  

  

7.00%, 2/15/20

     485         528,650   

6.75%, 5/01/21

     410         448,950   

Momentive Performance Materials, Inc., 8.88%, 10/15/20 (a)

     195         193,537   
                1,171,137   

Capital Markets — 0.6%

  

  

E*Trade Financial Corp.,
12.50%, 11/30/17 (f)

     935         1,052,202   

KKR Group Finance Co. LLC, 6.38%, 9/29/20 (a)

     280         327,891   
                1,380,093   
 

 

 

                 
      BLACKROCK SENIOR HIGH INCOME FUND, INC.       NOVEMBER 30, 2012    1      


 

 

Consolidated Schedule of Investments (continued)

 

 

BlackRock Senior High Income Fund, Inc. (ARK)

(Percentages shown are based on Net Assets)

 

    

Par

(000)

     Value  
Corporate Bonds                

Chemicals — 3.9%

     

Ashland, Inc., 4.75%, 8/15/22 (a)

   USD  255       $ 262,013   

Celanese US Holdings LLC, 5.88%, 6/15/21

     745         832,537   

Celanese US Holdings LLC, 4.63%, 11/15/22

     135         139,388   

GEO Specialty Chemicals, Inc., 7.50%, 3/31/15 (a)(f)(g)

       1,869         2,261,034   

Hexion US Finance Corp., 6.63%, 4/15/20

     54         53,865   

Huntsman International LLC:

     

4.88%, 11/15/20 (a)

     422         417,780   

8.63%, 3/15/21

     395         447,337   

Ineos Finance Plc, 7.50%, 5/01/20 (a)

     125         129,063   

LyondellBasell Industries NV:

     

6.00%, 11/15/21

     1,013           1,209,269   

5.75%, 4/15/24

     935         1,122,000   

NOVA Chemicals Corp., 8.63%, 11/01/19

     300         342,000   

Nufarm Australia Ltd., 6.38%, 10/15/19 (a)

     120         124,200   

Orion Engineered Carbons Bondco GmbH, 9.63%, 6/15/18 (a)

     400         433,000   

Rockwood Specialties Group, Inc., 4.63%, 10/15/20

     495         506,137   

Tronox Finance LLC, 6.38%, 8/15/20 (a)

     1,075         1,058,875   
                9,338,498   

Commercial Banks — 0.6%

     

CIT Group, Inc.:

     

5.00%, 5/15/17

     330         345,675   

6.63%, 4/01/18 (a)

     85         95,200   

5.50%, 2/15/19 (a)

     760         809,400   

5.00%, 8/15/22

     200         209,693   
                1,459,968   

Commercial Services & Supplies — 1.3%

  

  

ARAMARK Holdings Corp., 8.63%, 5/01/16 (a)(f)

     330         338,253   

AWAS Aviation Capital Ltd., 7.00%, 10/17/16 (a)

     472         497,825   

Brickman Group Holdings, Inc., 9.13%, 11/01/18 (a)

     25         25,625   

Catalent Pharma Solutions, Inc., 7.88%, 10/15/18 (a)

     140         141,400   

Clean Harbors, Inc., 5.25%, 8/01/20

     226         232,215   

Covanta Holding Corp., 6.38%, 10/01/22

     420         455,451   

The Geo Group, Inc., 7.75%, 10/15/17

     450         486,000   
    

Par

(000)

     Value  
Corporate Bonds                

Commercial Services & Supplies (concluded)

  

  

HDTFS, Inc. (a):

     

5.88%, 10/15/20

   USD  180       $ 185,850   

6.25%, 10/15/22

     225         233,156   

Mead Products LLC/ACCO Brands Corp., 6.75%, 4/30/20 (a)

     113         117,238   

Mobile Mini, Inc., 7.88%, 12/01/20

     335         363,894   

West Corp., 8.63%, 10/01/18

     165         170,362   
                3,247,269   

Communications Equipment — 0.3%

  

  

Zayo Group LLC/Zayo Capital, Inc., 8.13%, 1/01/20

     610         666,425   

Construction Materials — 0.8%

  

  

HD Supply, Inc., 8.13%,
4/15/19 (a)

       1,695         1,911,112   

Consumer Finance — 0.5%

  

  

DISH DBS Corp., 5.88%, 7/15/22

     700         749,875   

Ford Motor Credit Co. LLC:

     

7.00%, 4/15/15

     140         155,535   

6.63%, 8/15/17

     300         349,373   
                  1,254,783   

Containers & Packaging — 0.8%

  

  

Ardagh Packaging Finance Plc (a):

  

  

7.38%, 10/15/17

     200         217,750   

9.13%, 10/15/20

     300         322,500   

Ball Corp., 6.75%, 9/15/20

     325         355,875   

Berry Plastics Corp., 8.25%, 11/15/15

     540         564,300   

Crown Americas LLC, 6.25%, 2/01/21

     535         585,825   
                2,046,250   

Distributors — 0.1%

  

  

VWR Funding, Inc., 7.25%, 9/15/17 (a)

     323         333,498   

Diversified Consumer Services — 0.1%

  

  

313 Group, Inc., 6.38%, 12/01/19 (a)

     211         207,835   

ServiceMaster Co., 8.00%, 2/15/20

     125         127,188   
                335,023   

Diversified Financial Services — 4.3%

  

  

Aircastle, Ltd., 6.25%,
12/01/19 (a)

     136         138,040   

Ally Financial, Inc.:

     

8.30%, 2/12/15

     3,670         4,101,225   

8.00%, 11/01/31

     1,475         1,873,250   

Citigroup, Inc., 5.95% (b)(h)

     210         213,675   

CNG Holdings, Inc., 9.38%, 5/15/20 (a)

     260         264,550   

DPL, Inc., 7.25%, 10/15/21 (a)

     95         100,225   
 

 

                 
      BLACKROCK SENIOR HIGH INCOME FUND, INC.       NOVEMBER 30, 2012    2      


 

 

Consolidated Schedule of Investments  (continued)

 

 

BlackRock Senior High Income Fund, Inc. (ARK)

(Percentages shown are based on Net Assets)

 

    

Par

(000)

     Value  
Corporate Bonds                

Diversified Financial Services (concluded)

  

Reynolds Group Issuer, Inc.:

     

7.13%, 4/15/19

   USD 560       $ 604,800   

9.88%, 8/15/19

     760         805,600   

5.75%, 10/15/20 (a)

     1,810         1,850,725   

6.88%, 2/15/21

     400         431,000   
                10,383,090   

Diversified Telecommunication Services — 2.0%

  

ITC Deltacom, Inc., 10.50%, 4/01/16

     462         494,340   

Level 3 Financing, Inc.:

     

4.47%, 2/15/15 (b)

     1,295         1,291,762   

8.13%, 7/01/19

     2,768         2,961,760   

7.00%, 6/01/20 (a)

     184         187,220   
                4,935,082   

Electric Utilities — 0.1%

  

Mirant Mid Atlantic Pass-Through Trust, Series B, 9.13%, 6/30/17

     248         270,901   

Electrical Equipment — 0.1%

  

Belden, Inc., 5.50%, 9/01/22 (a)

     190         192,375   

Energy Equipment & Services — 2.9%

  

Calfrac Holdings LP, 7.50%, 12/01/20 (a)

     920         901,600   

Compagnie Générale de Géophysique, Veritas, 6.50%, 6/01/21

     1,105         1,160,250   

FTS International Services, Inc., 8.13%, 11/15/18 (a)

     481         495,430   

Gulfmark Offshore, Inc., 6.38%, 3/15/22 (a)

     70         71,400   

Hornbeck Offshore Services, Inc., 5.88%, 4/01/20

     140         143,500   

Key Energy Services, Inc., 6.75%, 3/01/21

     380         380,950   

MEG Energy Corp. (a):

     

6.50%, 3/15/21

     490         511,437   

6.38%, 1/30/23

     165         171,188   

Oil States International, Inc., 6.50%, 6/01/19

     270         286,875   

Peabody Energy Corp., 6.25%, 11/15/21

     1,090         1,130,875   

Precision Drilling Corp.:

     

6.63%, 11/15/20

     65         68,575   

6.50%, 12/15/21

     445         465,025   

Seadrill Ltd., 5.63%, 9/15/17 (a)

     1,175         1,175,000   
                6,962,105   

Food Products — 0.4%

  

Constellation Brands, Inc., 6.00%, 5/01/22

     245         280,219   

Post Holdings, Inc., 7.38%, 2/15/22 (a)

     295         315,281   
    

Par

(000)

     Value  
Corporate Bonds                

Food Products (concluded)

  

Smithfield Foods, Inc., 6.63%, 8/15/22

     USD 295       $ 312,700   
                908,200   

Health Care Equipment & Supplies — 1.0%

  

Biomet, Inc. (a):

     

6.50%, 8/01/20

     640         668,800   

6.50%, 10/01/20

     757         749,430   

DJO Finance LLC:

     

8.75%, 3/15/18 (a)

     185         201,650   

7.75%, 4/15/18

     30         27,975   

Fresenius Medical Care US Finance II, Inc., 5.63%, 7/31/19 (a)

     360         384,300   

Spectrum Brands Escrow Corp. (a):

     

6.38%, 11/15/20

     90         93,375   

6.63%, 11/15/22

     105         109,987   

Teleflex, Inc., 6.88%, 6/01/19

     250         269,375   
                2,504,892   

Health Care Providers & Services — 3.8%

  

Aviv Healthcare Properties LP, 7.75%, 2/15/19

     365         383,250   

CHS/Community Health Systems, Inc.:

     

5.13%, 8/15/18

     185         194,712   

7.13%, 7/15/20

     176         186,120   

DaVita HealthCare Partners, Inc., 5.75%, 8/15/22

     347         362,615   

HCA, Inc.:

     

8.50%, 4/15/19

     25         28,063   

6.50%, 2/15/20

     970         1,088,825   

7.88%, 2/15/20

     1,174         1,319,282   

5.88%, 3/15/22

     630         685,125   

4.75%, 5/01/23

     1,211         1,223,110   

Hologic, Inc., 6.25%, 8/01/20 (a)

     716         760,750   

Omnicare, Inc., 7.75%, 6/01/20

     695         768,844   

Tenet Healthcare Corp.:

     

10.00%, 5/01/18

     430         490,200   

8.88%, 7/01/19

     1,015         1,136,800   

4.75%, 6/01/20 (a)

     276         278,070   

Vanguard Health Holding Co. II LLC, 7.75%, 2/01/19 (a)

     300         309,000   
                9,214,766   

Health Care Technology — 0.8%

  

IMS Health, Inc., 12.50%, 3/01/18 (a)

     1,730         2,045,725   

Hotels, Restaurants & Leisure — 1.3%

  

Affinity Gaming LLC/Affinity Gaming Finance Corp., 9.00%, 5/15/18 (a)

     75         78,000   

Caesars Entertainment Operating Co., Inc.:

     

11.25%, 6/01/17

     140         150,413   

8.50%, 2/15/20 (a)

     675         661,500   
 

 

                 
      BLACKROCK SENIOR HIGH INCOME FUND, INC       NOVEMBER 30, 2012    3      


 

 

Consolidated Schedule of Investments  (continued)

 

 

BlackRock Senior High Income Fund, Inc. (ARK)

(Percentages shown are based on Net Assets)

 

    

Par

(000)

     Value  
Corporate Bonds                

Hotels, Restaurants & Leisure (concluded)

  

Caesars Operating Escrow LLC, 9.00%, 2/15/20 (a)

   USD 709       $ 709,000   

Carlson Wagonlit BV, 6.88%,
6/15/19 (a)

     200         209,000   

Choice Hotels International, Inc., 5.75%, 7/01/22

     90         98,550   

Diamond Resorts Corp., 12.00%, 8/15/18

     540         583,200   

Little Traverse Bay Bands of Odawa Indians, 9.00%, 8/31/20 (a)

     282         262,260   

Tropicana Entertainment LLC, 9.63%, 12/15/14 (d)(e)

     220           

Wynn Las Vegas LLC, 5.38%, 3/15/22

     468         496,080   
                3,248,003   

Household Durables — 1.1%

  

Beazer Homes USA, Inc., 6.63%, 4/15/18 (a)

     340         362,100   

K Hovnanian Enterprises, Inc., 7.25%, 10/15/20 (a)

     795         852,637   

Libbey Glass, Inc., 6.88%,
5/15/20 (a)

     90         96,300   

Standard Pacific Corp., 8.38%, 1/15/21

     1,120         1,282,400   
                2,593,437   

Independent Power Producers & Energy Traders — 3.7%

  

The AES Corp.:

     

7.75%, 10/15/15

     155         173,988   

9.75%, 4/15/16

     674         802,060   

7.38%, 7/01/21

     70         77,525   

Calpine Corp. (a):

     

7.25%, 10/15/17

     302         323,140   

7.50%, 2/15/21

     170         187,850   

Energy Future Holdings Corp., 10.00%, 1/15/20

     630         669,375   

Energy Future Intermediate Holding Co. LLC:

     

6.88%, 8/15/17 (a)

     380         389,500   

10.00%, 12/01/20

     4,160         4,638,400   

GenOn REMA LLC:

     

Series B, 9.24%, 7/02/17

     207         226,412   

Series C, 9.68%, 7/02/26

     240         256,800   

Laredo Petroleum, Inc.:

     

9.50%, 2/15/19

     495         554,400   

7.38%, 5/01/22

     185         200,262   

NRG Energy, Inc., 6.63%, 3/15/23 (a)

     300         310,500   

QEP Resources, Inc., 5.38%, 10/01/22

     178         187,790   
                8,998,002   
    

Par

(000)

     Value  
Corporate Bonds                

Industrial Conglomerates — 1.4%

  

Sequa Corp. (a):

     

11.75%, 12/01/15

   USD   1,430       $ 1,480,050   

13.50%, 12/01/15 (f)

     1,930         2,007,176   
                3,487,226   

Insurance — 0.3%

  

CNO Financial Group, Inc., 6.38%, 10/01/20 (a)

     114         119,130   

Genworth Financial, Inc., 7.63%, 9/24/21

     370         399,680   

MPL 2 Acquisition Canco, Inc., 9.88%, 8/15/18 (a)

     220         205,150   
                723,960   

IT Services — 1.0%

  

Ceridian Corp., 8.88%,
7/15/19 (a)

     520         556,400   

First Data Corp.:

     

7.38%, 6/15/19 (a)

     445         457,238   

6.75%, 11/01/20 (a)

     460         463,450   

8.25%, 1/15/21 (a)

     491         489,772   

12.63%, 1/15/21

     288         303,120   

WMG Acquisition Corp., 6.00%, 1/15/21 (a)

     98         100,450   
                2,370,430   

Leisure Equipment & Products — 0.1%

  

Mattamy Group Corp., 6.50%, 11/15/20 (a)

     230         230,000   

Machinery — 1.3%

  

Terex Corp., 6.00%, 5/15/21

     450         466,875   

UR Merger Sub Corp. (a):

     

5.75%, 7/15/18

     462         497,805   

7.38%, 5/15/20

     300         327,750   

7.63%, 4/15/22

     1,656         1,834,020   
                    3,126,450   

Media — 4.5%

  

AMC Networks, Inc., 7.75%, 7/15/21

     320         363,200   

Cengage Learning Acquisitions, Inc., 11.50%, 4/15/20 (a)

     500         415,000   

Checkout Holding Corp., 13.99%, 11/15/15 (a)(i)

     570         381,900   

Cinemark USA, Inc., 8.63%, 6/15/19

     195         215,475   

Clear Channel Worldwide Holdings, Inc.:

     

6.50%, 11/15/22 (a)

     360         358,200   

6.50%, 11/15/22 (a)

     972         976,860   

Series B, 7.63%, 3/15/20

     635         622,300   

Intelsat Jackson Holdings SA, 7.25%, 10/15/20 (a)

     1,230         1,309,950   

Interactive Data Corp., 10.25%, 8/01/18

     810         907,200   

Lamar Media Corp., 5.88%,
2/01/22

     255         271,256   
 

 

                 
      BLACKROCK SENIOR HIGH INCOME FUND, INC       NOVEMBER 30, 2012    4      


 

 

Consolidated Schedule of Investments (continued)

 

 

BlackRock Senior High Income Fund, Inc. (ARK)

(Percentages shown are based on Net Assets)

 

    

Par

(000)

     Value  
Corporate Bonds                

Media (concluded)

     

NAI Entertainment Holdings LLC, 8.25%, 12/15/17 (a)

   USD  476       $ 525,980   

Nielsen Finance LLC, 7.75%, 10/15/18

     452         503,980   

ProQuest LLC, 9.00%, 10/15/18 (a)

     220         202,400   

Unitymedia Hessen GmbH & Co. KG:

     

8.13%, 12/01/17 (a)

       1,500         1,627,500   

7.50%, 3/15/19

     540         591,599   

5.50%, 1/15/23 (a)

     440         440,000   

Virgin Media Secured Finance Plc, 6.50%, 1/15/18

     1,250         1,356,250   
                  11,069,050   

Metals & Mining — 1.9%

     

ArcelorMittal, 9.50%, 2/15/15

     465         517,942   

FMG Resources August 2006 Property Ltd. (a):

     

6.38%, 2/01/16

     235         236,763   

6.88%, 4/01/22

     60         58,500   

Global Brass and Copper, Inc., 9.50%, 6/01/19 (a)

     255         274,125   

Kaiser Aluminum Corp., 8.25%, 6/01/20

     190         208,050   

New Gold, Inc. (a):

     

7.00%, 4/15/20

     65         69,063   

6.25%, 11/15/22

     255         260,737   

Novelis, Inc., 8.75%, 12/15/20

     2,328         2,607,360   

Perstorp Holding AB, 8.75%, 5/15/17 (a)

     205         206,025   

RathGibson, Inc., 11.25%, 2/15/14 (d)(e)

     2,175           

Steel Dynamics, Inc., 6.38%, 8/15/22 (a)

     205         214,225   
                4,652,790   

Multiline Retail — 0.2%

     

Dollar General Corp., 4.13%, 7/15/17

     127         133,350   

Dufry Finance SCA, 5.50%, 10/15/20 (a)

     402         413,055   
                546,405   

Oil, Gas & Consumable Fuels — 6.4%

  

  

Access Midstream Partners LP, 6.13%, 7/15/22

     415         439,900   

Berry Petroleum Co., 6.38%, 9/15/22

     180         185,400   

Chaparral Energy, Inc., 7.63%, 11/15/22

     115         118,163   

Chesapeake Energy Corp.:

     

7.25%, 12/15/18

     25         26,875   

6.63%, 8/15/20

     265         277,587   

6.88%, 11/15/20

     150         158,250   

6.13%, 2/15/21

     235         237,938   
    

Par

(000)

     Value  
Corporate Bonds                

Oil, Gas & Consumable Fuels (continued)

  

  

Concho Resources, Inc., 5.50%, 10/01/22

   USD  210       $ 216,825   

CONSOL Energy, Inc.:

     

8.25%, 4/01/20

     975         1,040,812   

6.38%, 3/01/21

     230         231,725   

Crosstex Energy LP, 7.13%, 6/01/22 (a)

     195         198,900   

Denbury Resources, Inc., 8.25%, 2/15/20

     26         29,380   

Energy XXI Gulf Coast, Inc., 7.75%, 6/15/19

     665         714,875   

Halcon Resources Corp., 8.88%, 5/15/21 (a)

     195         201,825   

Hilcorp Energy I LP, 7.63%, 4/15/21 (a)

     470         508,775   

Holly Energy Partners LP, 6.50%, 3/01/20 (a)

     80         84,000   

Kodiak Oil & Gas Corp., 8.13%, 12/01/19

     320         348,800   

Linn Energy LLC:

     

6.25%, 11/01/19 (a)

       1,330           1,334,987   

8.63%, 4/15/20

     190         207,575   

7.75%, 2/01/21

     485         511,675   

MarkWest Energy Partners LP, 5.50%, 2/15/23

     115         121,038   

Newfield Exploration Co.:

     

5.75%, 1/30/22

     135         146,813   

5.63%, 7/01/24

     525         561,750   

Northern Oil and Gas, Inc., 8.00%, 6/01/20

     265         272,950   

Oasis Petroleum, Inc.:

     

7.25%, 2/01/19

     135         143,775   

6.50%, 11/01/21

     155         163,138   

Offshore Group Investments Ltd., 11.50%, 8/01/15

     390         429,000   

OGX Petroleo e Gas Participacoes SA, 8.38%, 4/01/22 (a)

     295         240,425   

PDC Energy, Inc., 7.75%, 10/15/22 (a)

     180         181,800   

Pioneer Natural Resources Co., 7.20%, 1/15/28

     570         736,653   

Plains Exploration & Production Co., 6.88%, 2/15/23

     460         473,800   

Range Resources Corp.:

     

5.75%, 6/01/21

     645         685,312   

5.00%, 8/15/22

     298         310,665   

Sabine Pass Liquified Natural Gas LP:

     

7.50%, 11/30/16

     1,490         1,609,200   

6.50%, 11/01/20 (a)

     275         275,000   

SandRidge Energy, Inc.:

     

7.50%, 3/15/21

     285         297,112   

8.13%, 10/15/22

     110         117,700   

7.50%, 2/15/23

     630         655,200   

SESI LLC:

     

6.38%, 5/01/19

     280         298,200   
 

 

                 
      BLACKROCK SENIOR HIGH INCOME FUND, INC.       NOVEMBER 30, 2012    5      


 

 

Consolidated Schedule of Investments (continued)

 

 

BlackRock Senior High Income Fund, Inc. (ARK)

(Percentages shown are based on Net Assets)

 

    

Par

(000)

     Value  
Corporate Bonds                

Oil, Gas & Consumable Fuels (concluded)

  

  

SESI LLC (concluded):

     

7.13%, 12/15/21

   USD  275       $ 305,937   

SM Energy Co.:

     

6.50%, 11/15/21

     225         237,375   

6.50%, 1/01/23

     105         110,775   

Tesoro Logistics LP/Tesoro Logistics Finance Corp., 5.88%, 10/01/20 (a)

     66         68,640   
                15,516,525   

Paper & Forest Products — 0.4%

  

  

Ainsworth Lumber Co. Ltd. 7.50%, 12/15/17 (a)

     300         309,000   

Clearwater Paper Corp., 10.63%, 6/15/16

     365         400,587   

Longview Fibre Paper & Packaging, Inc., 8.00%, 6/01/16 (a)

     145         151,888   

Sappi Papier Holding GmbH, 8.38%, 6/15/19 (a)

     200         212,000   
                1,073,475   

Pharmaceuticals — 0.4%

  

  

Mylan, Inc., 6.00%, 11/15/18 (a)

     40         44,100   

Valeant Pharmaceuticals International (a):

     

6.50%, 7/15/16

     181         190,955   

6.38%, 10/15/20

     340         361,250   

7.25%, 7/15/22

     350         381,938   
                978,243   

Real Estate Investment Trusts (REITs) — 0.3%

  

  

Felcor Lodging LP, 6.75%, 6/01/19

     690         726,225   

Real Estate Management & Development — 0.8%

  

  

Realogy Corp., 7.63%,
1/15/20 (a)

       1,130         1,259,950   

Shea Homes LP, 8.63%, 5/15/19

     655         720,500   
                1,980,450   

Road & Rail — 1.2%

  

  

The Hertz Corp.:

     

7.50%, 10/15/18

     780         854,100   

6.75%, 4/15/19 (a)

     150         162,000   

6.75%, 4/15/19

     135         145,800   

7.38%, 1/15/21

     1,662         1,807,425   
                  2,969,325   

Software — 0.8%

  

  

Infor US, Inc., 9.38%, 4/01/19

     1,295         1,443,925   

Nuance Communications, Inc., 5.38%, 8/15/20 (a)

     385         396,550   
                1,840,475   
    

Par

(000)

     Value  
Corporate Bonds                

Specialty Retail — 0.7%

  

  

Claire’s Stores, Inc., 9.00%, 3/15/19 (a)

   USD  386       $ 410,607   

EP Energy LLC/Everest Acquisition Finance, Inc., 6.88%, 5/01/19

     235         254,388   

Penske Automotive Group, Inc., 5.75%, 10/01/22 (a)

     260         264,550   

QVC, Inc., 5.13%, 7/02/22 (a)

     138         146,232   

Sally Holdings LLC:

     

6.88%, 11/15/19

     350         389,375   

5.75%, 6/01/22

     160         173,200   
                1,638,352   

Textiles, Apparel & Luxury Goods — 0.2%

  

  

Levi Strauss & Co., 6.88%, 5/01/22

     140         146,825   

PVH Corp., 7.75%, 11/15/23

     215         250,398   
                397,223   

Trading Companies & Distributors — 0.4%

  

  

Doric Nimrod Air Finance Alpha Ltd. (a):

  

  

Series 2012-1, 6.50%, 5/30/21

     495         505,989   

Series 2012-1, 5.13%, 11/30/24

     440         456,500   
                962,489   

Transportation Infrastructure — 0.1%

  

  

Aguila 3 SA, 7.88%, 1/31/18 (a)

     176         186,560   

Wireless Telecommunication Services — 4.1%

  

  

Cricket Communications, Inc., 7.75%, 5/15/16

     1,770         1,871,775   

Crown Castle International Corp., 5.25%, 1/15/23 (a)

     270         282,150   

Digicel Group Ltd. (a):

     

12.00%, 4/01/14

     800         884,000   

8.25%, 9/01/17

     270         289,575   

MetroPCS Wireless, Inc., 6.63%, 11/15/20

     460         486,450   

Sprint Capital Corp., 6.88%, 11/15/28

     1,580         1,627,400   

Sprint Nextel Corp. (a):

     

9.00%, 11/15/18

     2,081         2,564,832   

7.00%, 3/01/20

     1,605         1,857,788   
                9,863,970   

Total Corporate Bonds – 59.4%

  

     144,400,742   

    

     
     

 

Floating Rate Loan Interests (b)

         

Aerospace & Defense — 0.6%

  

  

OSI Restaurant Partners LLC, Term Loan B, 4.75%, 10/24/19

     560         564,900   
 

 

                 
      BLACKROCK SENIOR HIGH INCOME FUND, INC.       NOVEMBER 30, 2012    6      


 

 

Consolidated Schedule of Investments  (continued)

 

 

BlackRock Senior High Income Fund, Inc. (ARK)

(Percentages shown are based on Net Assets)

 

    

Par

(000)

     Value  
Floating Rate Loan Interests (b)                

Aerospace & Defense (concluded)

  

TransDigm, Inc.:

     

Add-On Term Loan B2, 4.00%, 2/14/17

   USD  188       $ 188,887   

Term Loan B, 4.00%, 2/14/17

     598         599,454   
                1,353,241   

Airlines — 0.4%

  

Delta Air Lines, Inc., Term Loan B, 5.50%, 4/20/17

     1,001         1,005,500   

US Airways Group, Inc., Term Loan, 2.71%, 3/21/14

     55         53,776   
                1,059,276   

Auto Components — 2.0%

  

Autoparts Holdings Ltd.:

     

First Lien Term Loan, 6.50%, 7/28/17

     856         851,537   

Second Lien Term Loan, 10.50%, 1/29/18

     900         839,997   

Federal-Mogul Corp.:

     

Term Loan B, 2.15%, 12/29/14

     788         731,837   

Term Loan C, 2.15%, 12/28/15

     150         138,916   

FleetPride Corp., First Lien Term Loan, 5.25%, 11/20/19

     340         339,364   

The Goodyear Tire & Rubber Co., Term Loan (Second Lien), 4.75%, 4/30/19

     1,110         1,115,550   

Schaeffler AG, Term Loan C2, 6.00%, 1/27/17

     395         399,815   

Transtar Holding Co., First Lien Term Loan, 6.50%, 10/02/18

     480         482,400   
                4,899,416   

Biotechnology — 0.2%

  

Grifols, Inc., Term Loan B, 4.50%, 6/01/17

     566         572,023   

Building Products — 0.9%

  

Armstrong World Industries, Inc., Term Loan B, 4.00%, 3/09/18

     586         590,528   

CPG International, Inc., Term Loan, 5.75%, 9/18/19

     765         768,825   

Wilsonart International Holdings LLC, Term Loan B, 5.50%, 10/19/19

     750         753,750   
                2,113,103   

Capital Markets — 0.8%

  

HarbourVest Partners LLC, Term Loan B, 5.00%, 11/21/17

     365         365,456   

Nuveen Investments, Inc.:

     

Extended (First Lien), Term Loan, 5.86% - 5.81%, 5/13/17

     371         370,439   
    

Par

(000)

     Value  
Floating Rate Loan Interests (b)                

Capital Markets (concluded)

  

Nuveen Investments, Inc. (concluded):

  

Extended Term Loan, 5.81% -
5.86%, 5/12/17

   USD  1,004       $   1,004,687   

Incremental Term Loan, 7.25%, 5/13/17

     215         216,075   
                1,956,657   

Chemicals — 2.9%

  

ADS Waste Holdings, Inc., Term Loan B, 5.25%, 10/09/19

     1,060         1,071,130   

American Rock Salt Holdings LLC, Term Loan, 5.50%, 4/25/17

     1,337         1,320,081   

Chemtura Corp., Exit Term Loan B, 5.50%, 8/27/16

     800         809,504   

Evergreen Acqco 1 LP, Term Loan, 5.00%, 7/09/19

     329         329,422   

INEOS US Finance LLC, 6 Year Term Loan, 6.50%, 5/04/18

     1,159         1,172,614   

Nexeo Solutions LLC, Term Loan B, 5.00%, 9/08/17

     922         903,574   

PolyOne Corp., Term Loan, 5.00%, 12/20/17

     347         348,851   

Styron Sarl LLC, Term Loan B, 8.00%, 8/02/17

     318         304,304   

Tronox Pigments (Netherlands) BV:

     

Delayed Draw Term Loan, 4.25%, 2/08/18

     106         106,365   

Term Loan B, 4.25%, 2/08/18

     388         390,004   

Univar, Inc., Term Loan B, 5.00%, 6/30/17

     357         354,327   
                7,110,176   

Commercial Banks — 0.3%

  

Everest Acquisition LLC, Term Loan B1, 5.00%, 5/24/18

     645         650,915   

Commercial Services & Supplies — 2.8%

  

ACCO Brands Corp., Term Loan B, 4.25%, 4/30/19

     537         540,672   

Altegrity, Inc., Tranche D Term Loan, 7.75%, 2/20/15

     644         643,041   

AWAS Finance Luxembourg Sarl:

     

Term Loan, 4.75%, 7/16/18

     158         160,470   

Term Loan B, 5.25%, 6/10/16

     533         539,730   

Cengage Learning Acquisitions, Inc., Tranche 1 Incremental,
7.50%, 7/03/14

     663         535,856   

Delos Aircraft, Inc., Term Loan B2, 4.75%, 4/12/16

     1,075         1,086,427   

Garda World Security Corp., Term Loan B, 4.50%, 10/24/19

     305         308,050   

KAR Auction Services, Inc., Term Loan B, 5.00%, 5/19/17

     1,233         1,240,843   
 

 

                 
      BLACKROCK SENIOR HIGH INCOME FUND, INC       NOVEMBER 30, 2012    7      


 

 

Consolidated Schedule of Investments  (continued)

 

 

BlackRock Senior High Income Fund, Inc. (ARK)

(Percentages shown are based on Net Assets)

 

    

Par

(000)

     Value  
Floating Rate Loan Interests (b)                

Commercial Services & Supplies (concluded)

  

Progressive Waste Solutions Ltd., Term Loan B, 3.50%, 10/24/19

   USD  295       $ 297,213   

Protection One, Inc., Term Loan, 5.75%, 3/21/19

     507         510,408   

West Corp., Term Loan B6, 5.75%, 6/29/18

     848         860,593   
                6,723,303   

Communications Equipment — 1.6%

  

Avaya, Inc.:

     

Extended Term Loan B3, 4.81%, 10/26/17

     184         160,795   

Term Loan B1, 3.06%, 10/24/14

     824         776,104   

CommScope, Inc., Term Loan, 4.25%, 1/12/18

     823         826,500   

Zayo Group LLC, Term Loan B, 5.25%, 7/02/19

     2,160         2,172,783   
                3,936,182   

Construction & Engineering — 0.9%

  

BakerCorp. International, Inc., Term Loan B, 5.00%, 6/01/18

     677         680,317   

Safway Services LLC, First Out Term Loan, 9.00%, 12/16/17

     1,500         1,500,000   
                2,180,317   

Construction Materials — 1.2%

  

HD Supply, Inc., Senior Debt B, 7.25%, 10/12/17

     2,954         3,030,473   

Consumer Finance — 1.2%

  

FMG America Finance, Inc., Term Loan, 5.25%, 10/18/17

     1,760         1,764,400   

Springleaf Financial Funding Co., Term Loan, 5.50%, 5/10/17

     1,230         1,214,933   
                2,979,333   

Containers & Packaging — 0.2%

  

Sealed Air Corp., Term Loan, 4.00%, 10/03/18

     365         367,738   

Diversified Consumer Services — 1.9%

  

Coinmach Service Corp., Term
Loan B, 3.21%, 11/20/14

     2,148         2,078,670   

Education Management LLC, Term Loan C3, 8.25%, 3/29/18

     457         393,379   

Laureate Education, Inc., Extended Term Loan, 5.25%, 6/18/18

     709         702,662   

ServiceMaster Co.:

     

Non-Extended Delayed Draw, 2.71%, 7/24/14

     83         82,542   

Non-Extended Term Loan, 2.71%, 7/24/14

     832         828,895   
    

Par

(000)

     Value  
Floating Rate Loan Interests (b)                

Diversified Consumer Services (concluded)

  

Weight Watchers International, Inc., Term Loan F, 4.00%, 3/15/19

   USD  467       $ 469,480   
                4,555,628   

Diversified Financial Services — 0.4%

  

Residential Capital LLC, DIP Term Loan A1, 5.00%, 11/18/13

     1,075         1,075,452   

Diversified Telecommunication Services — 3.2%

  

Consolidated Communications, Inc., Term Loan B3, 5.25%, 11/29/18

     880         876,700   

Hawaiian Telcom Communications, Inc., Term Loan B, 7.00%, 2/28/17

     870         884,685   

Integra Telecom Holdings, Inc., Term Loan B, 9.25%, 4/15/15

     904         901,927   

Level 3 Financing, Inc.:

     

2016 Term Loan B, 4.75%, 2/01/16

     530         530,000   

2019 Term Loan B, 5.25%, 8/01/19

     595         598,719   

Term Loan, 4.75%, 8/01/19

     2,725         2,738,625   

US Telepacific Corp., Term Loan B, 5.75%, 2/23/17

     1,362         1,344,064   
                7,874,720   

Electrical Equipment — 0.3%

  

General Chemical Corp., Term Loan, 5.00% - 5.75%, 10/06/15

     497         496,143   

WMG Acquisition Corp., Term Loan, 5.25%, 10/25/18

     345         347,481   
                843,624   

Electronic Equipment, Instruments & Components — 0.4%

  

CDW LLC, Extended Term Loan, 4.00%, 7/14/17

     431         425,329   

Sensata Technologies Finance Co. LLC, Term Loan, 4.00%, 5/11/18

     482         482,899   
                908,228   

Energy Equipment & Services — 2.0%

  

Dynegy Midwest Generation LLC, Coal Co. Term Loan, 9.25%, 8/04/16

     749         772,763   

Dynegy Power LLC, Gas Co. Term Loan, 9.25%, 8/04/16

     1,208         1,257,959   

MEG Energy Corp., Term Loan B, 4.00%, 3/16/18

     1,544         1,550,964   

Tervita Corp., Term Loan B, 3.21%, 11/14/14

     1,237         1,213,338   
                4,795,024   
 

 

                 
      BLACKROCK SENIOR HIGH INCOME FUND, INC       NOVEMBER 30, 2012    8      


 

 

Consolidated Schedule of Investments (continued)

 

 

BlackRock Senior High Income Fund, Inc. (ARK)

(Percentages shown are based on Net Assets)

 

    

Par

(000)

     Value  
Floating Rate Loan Interests (b)          

Food & Staples Retailing — 0.4%

  

  

Pilot Travel Centers LLC, Term Loan B2, 4.25%, 8/07/19

   USD  455       $ 457,275   

US Foods, Inc., Extended Term Loan B, 5.75%, 3/31/17

     545         536,301   
                993,576   

Food Products — 1.2%

  

  

Advance Pierre Foods, Inc., Term Loan (Second Lien), 5.75%, 7/10/17

     510         514,717   

Del Monte Foods Co., Term Loan, 4.50%, 3/08/18

     861         861,478   

Pinnacle Foods Finance LLC:

  

  

Extended Term Loan B, 3.71%, 10/03/16

     119         118,968   

Term Loan E, 4.75%, 10/17/18

     729         732,228   

Solvest Ltd. (Dole):

     

Term Loan B-2, 5.04%, 7/06/18

     202         202,601   

Term Loan C-2, 5.00% - 6.00%, 7/06/18

     362         362,550   
                  2,792,542   

Health Care Equipment & Supplies — 3.9%

  

  

Bausch & Lomb, Inc., Term Loan B, 5.25%, 5/17/19

       1,132         1,146,315   

Biomet, Inc., Extended Term Loan B, 3.96%, 7/25/17

     200           201,138   

BSN Medical Acquisition Holding GmbH, Term Loan B, 5.00%, 7/27/19

     720         721,440   

DJO Finance LLC:

     

Extended Term Loan B2, 5.21%, 11/01/16

     355         354,903   

Term Loan B3, 6.25%, 9/15/17

     1,229         1,233,212   

Hologic, Inc., Term Loan B, 4.50%, 8/01/19

     1,890         1,908,371   

Hupah Finance, Inc., Term Loan B, 6.25% - 7.25%, 1/21/19

     672         677,502   

Iasis Healthcare LLC, Term Loan, 5.00%, 5/03/18

     154         154,316   

Immucor, Inc., Term Loan B1, 5.75%, 8/17/18

     970         979,513   

Kinetic Concepts, Inc., Term Loan B1, 7.00%, 5/04/18

     695           699,467   

LHP Hospital Group, Inc., Term Loan, 9.00%, 7/03/18

     399         401,992   

Spectrum Brands, Inc., Term Loan, 5.00%, 11/06/19

     900         905,625   
                9,383,794   

Health Care Providers & Services — 3.4%

  

  

Ardent Medical Services, Inc., Term Loan, 6.75%, 5/23/18

     270         271,350   
    

Par

(000)

     Value  
Floating Rate Loan Interests (b)          

Health Care Providers & Services (concluded)

  

  

CHG Buyer Corp., First Lien Term Loan, 5.00%, 11/22/19

   USD  420       $ 418,950   

ConvaTec, Inc., Term Loan, 5.00%, 12/22/16

     1,068         1,073,602   

DaVita, Inc.:

     

Term Loan B, 4.50%, 10/20/16

     1,081         1,086,154   

Term Loan B2, 4.00%, 11/01/19

     590         591,156   

Emergency Medical Services Corp., Term Loan, 5.25%, 5/25/18

     382         384,936   

Genesis Healthcare Corp., Term Loan B, 10.00%, 9/25/17

     320         308,000   

Harden Healthcare LLC:

     

Add on Term Loan A, 7.75%, 3/02/15

     997         965,992   

Term Loan A, 8.50%, 3/02/15

     284         277,833   

HCA, Inc., Extended Term Loan B3, 3.46%, 5/01/18

     550         550,314   

inVentiv Health, Inc.:

     

Combined Term Loan, 6.50%, 8/04/16

     95         89,278   

Incremental Term Loan B-3, 6.75%, 5/15/18

     617         601,525   

Medpace, Inc., Term Loan, 6.50%, 6/16/17

     968         920,019   

Sheridan Holdings, Inc., First Lien Term Loan, 6.00%, 6/29/18

     180         180,728   

US Renal Care, Inc., First Lien Term Loan, 6.25%, 7/02/19

     479         483,588   
                  8,203,425   

Health Care Technology — 0.8%

  

  

IMS Health, Inc., Term Loan B, 4.50%, 8/25/17

       1,388         1,398,194   

MedAssets, Inc., Term Loan, 5.00%, 11/16/16

     459         459,537   
                1,857,731   

Hotels, Restaurants & Leisure — 3.7%

  

  

Alpha D2 Ltd., Extended Term Loan B2, 6.00%, 4/29/19

     622         629,073   

Caesars Entertainment Operating Co., Inc.:

  

  

Extended Term Loan B6, 5.46%, 1/26/18

     387         346,371   

Term Loan B1, 3.21%, 1/28/15

     940         910,625   

Term Loan B2, 3.21%, 1/28/15

     815         789,531   

Term Loan B4, 9.50%, 10/31/16

     510         519,993   

Dunkin’ Brands, Inc., Term Loan B2, 4.00%, 11/23/17

     1,611         1,618,290   
 

 

                 
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Consolidated Schedule of Investments (continued)

 

 

BlackRock Senior High Income Fund, Inc. (ARK)

(Percentages shown are based on Net Assets)

 

    

Par

(000)

     Value  

Floating Rate Loan Interests (b)

                 

Hotels, Restaurants & Leisure (concluded)

  

  

Golden Living, Term Loan, 5.00%, 5/04/18

   USD 141       $ 134,927   

Sabre, Inc., Non-Extended Initial Term Loan, 2.21%, 9/30/14

     73         72,757   

SeaWorld Parks & Entertainment, Inc., Term Loan B, 4.00%, 8/17/17

     868         873,939   

Six Flags Theme Parks, Inc., Term Loan B, 4.25%, 12/20/18

     420         421,499   

Station Casinos, Inc.:

     

2011 Term Loan B2, 4.00%, 6/17/16

     875         838,180   

Term Loan B, 5.50%, 9/07/19

     810         812,025   

Wendy’s International, Inc., Term Loan B, 4.75%, 5/15/19

     1,010         1,018,626   
                8,985,836   

Household Products — 0.3%

     

Prestige Brands, Inc., Term Loan, 5.25% - 6.25%, 1/31/19

     603         609,102   

Independent Power Producers & Energy Traders — 0.5%

  

  

The AES Corp., Term Loan, 4.25%, 6/01/18

     732         738,402   

Calpine Corp., Term Loan, 4.50%, 4/02/18

     404         406,499   

GenOn Energy, Inc., Term Loan B, 6.50%, 12/01/17

     159         160,090   
                1,304,991   

Industrial Conglomerates — 0.6%

  

  

Sequa Corp.:

     

Incremental Term Loan, 6.25%, 12/03/14

     303         302,334   

Term Loan, 3.46% - 3.61%, 12/03/14

     1,194         1,189,641   
                1,491,975   

Insurance — 0.8%

     

Asurion LLC, Term Loan (First Lien), 5.50%, 5/24/18

     564         568,665   

CNO Financial Group, Inc.:

     

Term Loan B-1, 4.25%, 9/28/16

     390         390,975   

Term Loan B-2, 5.00%, 9/20/18

     530         532,650   

Cunningham Lindsey Group, Inc., 5.00%, 10/29/19

     345         345,862   
                1,838,152   

Internet Software & Services — 0.2%

  

  

Web.com Group, Inc., Term Loan B, 11.00%, 10/27/17

     593         589,705   
    

Par

(000)

     Value  

Floating Rate Loan Interests (b)

                 

IT Services — 3.8%

     

Ceridian Corp., Extended Term Loan, 5.96%, 5/09/17

   USD 953       $ 950,451   

First Data Corp., Extended 2018 Term Loan B, 4.21%, 3/23/18

     3,949         3,757,058   

Genpact International, Inc., Term Loan B, 4.25%, 8/30/19

     520         523,900   

InfoGroup, Inc., Term Loan, 5.75%, 5/25/18

     406         358,074   

iPayment, Inc., Term Loan B, 5.75%, 5/08/17

     511         508,021   

NeuStar, Inc., Term Loan B, 5.00%, 11/08/18

     397         399,733   

Terex Corp., Term Loan, 4.50%, 4/28/17

     1,124         1,133,847   

TransUnion LLC, Term Loan B, 5.50%, 2/12/18

     1,687         1,709,236   
                9,340,320   

Leisure Equipment & Products — 0.4%

  

  

Eastman Kodak Co., DIP Term Loan B, 8.50%, 7/19/13

     723         721,874   

FGI Operating Company LLC, Term Loan, 5.50% - 6.50%, 4/19/19

     359         361,961   
                1,083,835   

Machinery — 0.8%

     

Intelligrated, Inc., First Lien Term Loan, 6.75%, 7/30/18

     400         403,500   

Rexnord Corp., Term Loan B, 4.50%, 4/02/18

     542         546,177   

Wabash National Corp., Term Loan B, 6.00%, 5/02/19

     1,020         1,030,074   
                1,979,751   

Media — 9.1%

     

Affinion Group, Inc., Term Loan B, 6.50%, 7/16/15

     264         242,739   

AMC Networks, Inc., Term Loan B, 4.00%, 12/31/18

     713         714,565   

Capsugel Holdings US, Inc., Term Loan B, 4.75%, 8/01/18

     740         745,864   

Cengage Learning Acquisitions, Inc., Non-Extended Term Loan, 2.71%, 7/03/14

     192         146,314   

Charter Communications Operating LLC:

     

Extended Term Loan C, 3.46%, 9/06/16

     1,624         1,630,410   

Term Loan D, 4.00%, 5/15/19

     633         637,133   

Cumulus Media, Inc., First Lien Term Loan, 5.75%, 9/17/18

     1,145         1,149,707   

EMI Music Publishing Ltd., Term Loan B, 5.50%, 6/29/18

     369         372,581   
 

 

                 
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Consolidated Schedule of Investments (continued)

 

 

BlackRock Senior High Income Fund, Inc. (ARK)

(Percentages shown are based on Net Assets)

 

    

Par

(000)

     Value  
Floating Rate Loan Interests (b)          

Media (concluded)

  

  

Foxco Acquisition Sub LLC, Term Loan B, 5.50%, 7/14/17

   USD  660       $ 667,425   

Getty Images, Inc., Term Loan B, 4.75%, 10/18/19

     970         973,366   

Gray Television, Inc., Term Loan B, 4.75%, 10/15/19

     905         907,100   

Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Co., DIP Term Loan B, 7.25%, 6/01/18

     806         789,831   

Hubbard Broadcasting, Term Loan B, 5.25%, 4/28/17

     511         511,189   

Intelsat Jackson Holdings Ltd., Term Loan B-1, 4.50%, 4/02/18

       5,346         5,358,310   

Interactive Data Corp., Term Loan B, 4.50%, 2/12/18

     891         895,669   

Kabel Deutschland GmbH, Term Loan F, 4.25%, 2/01/19

     1,200         1,206,900   

Nielsen Finance LLC, Class C Term Loan, 3.46%, 5/02/16

     222         223,145   

Sinclair Television Group, Inc., Term Loan B, 4.00%, 10/28/16

     1,106         1,107,514   

Telesat Canada, Term Loan B, 4.25%, 3/28/19

     1,382         1,388,791   

Univision Communications, Inc., Extended Term Loan, 4.46%, 3/31/17

     1,114         1,086,876   

UPC Financing Partnership, Term Loan T, 3.71%, 12/30/16

     425         422,738   

Weather Channel, Term Loan B, 4.25%, 2/13/17

     629         634,577   

WideOpenWest Finance LLC, First Lien Term Loan, 6.25%, 7/17/18

     344         347,816   
                  22,160,560   

Metals & Mining — 2.5%

  

  

Altegrity, Inc., Term Loan, 2.96%, 2/21/15

     340         315,350   

Constellium Holdco BV, Term Loan B, 9.25%, 5/25/18

     484         483,788   

Metals USA, Inc., Term Loan, 6.25%, 11/15/19

     430         425,700   

Novelis, Inc.:

     

Incremental Term Loan B2, 4.00%, 3/10/17

     888         890,005   

Term Loan, 4.00%, 3/10/17

     1,097         1,100,475   

SunCoke Energy, Inc., Term Loan B, 4.00%, 7/26/18

     839         837,278   

Walter Energy, Inc., Term Loan B, 5.75%, 4/02/18

     1,378         1,381,113   

Windsor Financing LLC, Term Loan B, 5.00%, 10/31/19

     610         603,900   
                6,037,609   
    

Par

(000)

     Value  
Floating Rate Loan Interests (b)          

Multiline Retail — 0.8%

  

  

99 Cents Only Stores, Term Loan, 5.25%, 1/11/19

   USD  789       $ 796,543   

BJ’s Wholesale Club, Inc.:

     

First Lien Term Loan, 5.75%, 9/26/19

     390         394,333   

Second Lien Term Loan, 9.75%, 3/26/20

     265         271,890   

The Neiman Marcus Group, Inc., Term Loan, 4.75%, 5/16/18

     420         419,912   
                  1,882,678   

Oil, Gas & Consumable Fuels — 2.0%

  

  

Chesapeake Energy Corp., Unsecured Term Loan, 5.75%, 12/01/17

     1,010         992,325   

Gibson Energy ULC, Term Loan B, 4.75%, 6/15/18

     696         702,898   

Obsidian Natural Gas Trust, Term Loan, 7.00%, 11/02/15

     874         874,476   

Plains Exploration and Production, Term Loan B, 4.00%, 9/13/19

     845         848,169   

Samson Investment Co., Second Lien Term Loan, 6.00%, 9/25/18

     275         276,719   

Vantage Drilling Co., Term Loan, 6.25%, 10/26/17

     1,285         1,265,725   
                4,960,312   

Paper & Forest Products — 0.1%

  

  

NewPage Corp., DIP Term Loan, 8.75%, 3/07/13

     350         349,783   

Pharmaceuticals — 3.3%

  

  

Aptalis Pharma, Inc., Term Loan B, 5.50%, 2/10/17

       1,183         1,183,008   

Par Pharmaceutical Cos., Inc., Term Loan B, 5.00%, 9/30/19

     1,750         1,744,173   

Pharmaceutical Product Development, Inc., Term Loan B, 6.25%, 12/05/18

     1,584         1,606,495   

Quintiles Transnational Corp., Term Loan B, 5.00%, 6/08/18

     696         697,754   

RPI Finance Trust, Incremental Tranche 2, 4.00%, 11/09/18

     169         169,857   

Valeant Pharmaceuticals International, Inc.:

     

Series C Tranche B, 4.25%, 9/27/19

     625         626,875   

Series D Tranche B, 4.25%, 2/13/19

     996         999,249   

Warner Chilcott Corp.:

     

Incremental Term Loan B1, 4.25%, 3/15/18

     146         146,434   

Term Loan B, 4.25%, 3/15/18

     384         385,598   
 

 

                 
      BLACKROCK SENIOR HIGH INCOME FUND, INC.       NOVEMBER 30, 2012    11      


 

 

Consolidated Schedule of Investments  (continued)

 

 

BlackRock Senior High Income Fund, Inc. (ARK)

(Percentages shown are based on Net Assets)

 

    

Par

(000)

     Value  
Floating Rate Loan Interests (b)                

Pharmaceuticals (concluded)

  

Warner Chilcott Corp. (concluded):

     

Term Loan B-2, 4.25%, 3/15/18

   USD  192       $ 192,799   

WC Luxco S.a.r.l., Term Loan B-3, 4.25%, 3/15/18

     264         265,099   
                8,017,341   

Professional Services — 1.1%

  

Booz Allen Hamilton, Inc., Term Loan B, 4.50%, 7/31/19

     605         609,665   

Emdeon, Inc., Term Loan B, 5.00%, 11/02/18

     1,314         1,329,826   

ON Assignment, Inc., Term Loan B, 5.00%, 5/15/19

     215         216,173   

Truven Health Analytics, Inc.(FKA Thomson Reuters (Healthcare), Inc.), Term Loan B, 5.75%, 6/01/19

     559         558,460   
                2,714,124   

Real Estate Investment Trusts (REITs) — 0.8%

  

American Capital Holdings, Inc., Term Loan, 5.50%, 8/22/16

     541         547,762   

iStar Financial, Inc., Term Loan, 5.75%, 9/28/17

     1,482         1,481,918   
                2,029,680   

Real Estate Management & Development — 1.5%

  

Realogy Corp.:

     

Extended Letter of Credit, 4.46%, 10/10/16

     1,088         1,086,449   

Extended Term Loan, 4.46%, 10/10/16

     2,360         2,355,668   

Stockbridge SBE Holdings LLC, Term Loan B, 13.00%, 5/02/17

     160         158,000   
                3,600,117   

Road & Rail — 0.2%

  

Road Infrastructure Investment LLC, Term Loan B, 6.25%, 3/30/18

     438         436,706   

Semiconductors & Semiconductor Equipment — 0.5%

  

Freescale Semiconductor, Inc., Extended Term Loan B, 4.46%, 12/01/16

     682         661,441   

NXP BV, Term Loan A-2, 5.50%, 3/03/17

     505         512,750   
                1,174,191   

Software — 1.9%

  

Blackboard, Inc., Term Loan B, 7.50%, 10/04/18

     148         148,685   

GCA Services Group, Inc., Term Loan A, 5.25%, 10/22/19

     415         413,269   

Infor US, Inc., Term Loan B2,
5.25%, 4/05/18

     1,915         1,932,916   
    

Par

(000)

     Value  
Floating Rate Loan Interests (b)                

Software (concluded)

  

Sophia LP, Term Loan B, 6.25%, 7/19/18

   USD  638       $ 645,014   

SS&C Technologies, Inc.:

     

Term Loan B-1, 5.00%, 6/07/19

     799         807,564   

Term Loan B-2, 5.00%, 6/07/19

     83         83,541   

WaveDivision Holdings LLC, Term Loan B, 5.50%, 8/09/19

     660         668,250   
                4,699,239   

Specialty Retail — 4.2%

  

Academy, Ltd., Term Loan, 4.75%, 8/03/18

     1,093         1,095,231   

Bass Pro Group LLC, Term Loan, 6.25%, 11/30/19

     580         579,896   

Burlington Coat Factory Warehouse Corp., Term Loan B1, 5.50%, 2/23/17

     357         358,988   

David’s Bridal, Inc., Term Loan B, 5.00%, 10/11/19

     865         860,675   

Equinox Fitness Clubs, First Lien Term Loan, 5.75%, 11/16/19

     425         423,938   

The Gymboree Corp., Initial Term Loan, 5.00%, 2/23/18

     107         102,755   

Harbor Freight Tools USA, Inc., Term Loan B, 5.50%, 11/14/17

     424         426,409   

Jo-Ann Stores, Inc., Term Loan, 4.75%, 3/16/18

     386         385,923   

Leslie’s Poolmart, Inc., Term Loan B, 10/28/19

     649         650,221   

Michaels Stores, Inc.:

     

Extended Term Loan B3, 4.88% - 4.94%, 7/29/16

     239         241,232   

Term Loan B2, 4.88% - 4.94%, 7/29/16

     959         967,082   

Party City Holdings Inc., Term Loan B, 5.75%, 7/26/19

     920         928,050   

PetCo Animal Supplies, Inc., Term Loan, 4.50%, 11/24/17

     1,504         1,510,979   

Things Remembered, Inc., Term Loan B, 8.00%, 5/24/18

     580         568,400   

Toys ‘R’ Us Delaware, Inc.:

     

Incremental Term Loan B2,
5.25%, 5/25/18

     161         156,756   

Term Loan, 6.00%, 9/01/16

     305         300,380   

Term Loan B3, 5.25%, 5/25/18

     124         121,344   

The Yankee Candle Co., Inc., Term Loan B, 5.25%, 4/02/19

     552         557,173   
                10,235,432   

Textiles, Apparel & Luxury Goods — 0.6%

  

Ascend Performance Materials LLC, Term Loan B, 6.75%, 4/10/18

     871         853,506   
 

 

                 
      BLACKROCK SENIOR HIGH INCOME FUND, INC       NOVEMBER 30, 2012    12      


 

 

Consolidated Schedule of Investments (continued)

 

 

BlackRock Senior High Income Fund, Inc. (ARK)

(Percentages shown are based on Net Assets)

 

    

Par

(000)

     Value  
Floating Rate Loan Interests (b)  

Textiles, Apparel & Luxury Goods (concluded)

  

Wolverine Worldwide, Inc., Term Loan B, 4.00%, 7/31/19

   USD  497       $ 499,582   
                1,353,088   

Thrifts & Mortgage Finance — 0.5%

  

First Data Corp., 2018 Add-on Term Loan, 5.21%, 9/24/18

     835         816,839   

Insight Global, Inc., Tranche B Term Loan, 6.00%, 10/31/19

     425         422,875   
                1,239,714   

Tobacco — 0.6%

  

Reynolds Group Holdings Inc.,
Dollar Term Loan, 4.75%, 9/20/18

     1,340         1,349,286   

Wireless Telecommunication Services — 1.7%

  

Cricket Communications, Inc.,
Term Loan, 4.75%, 10/10/19

     435         436,905   

MetroPCS Wireless, Inc., Term Loan B-3, 4.00%, 3/16/18

     564         564,794   

Vodafone Americas Finance 2, Inc., REFI Term Loan, 6.88%, 8/11/15 (f)

     3,046         3,106,614   
                4,108,313   

Total Floating Rate Loan Interests — 76.4%

  

     185,787,737   

    

     

    

     
Other Interests (j)   

 

Beneficial

Interest

(000)

         

Auto Components — 0.0%

  

Intermet Liquidating Trust Class A (d)

     320           

Diversified Financial Services — 0.5%

  

J.G.Wentworth LLC Preferred
Equity Interests (d)

     —(k)         1,173,144   

Media — 0.0%

  

Adelphia Preferred Escrow (d)

     3           

Adelphia Recovery Trust Series
ACC-6B INT (d)

     250         1,250   
                1,250   

Total Other Interests — 0.5%

              1,174,394   
     Shares      Value  
Preferred Securities                

Preferred Stocks — 0.1%

 

                 

Diversified Financial Services — 0.1%

  

Ally Financial, Inc., 7.00% (a)

     150       $ 146,044   

    

     

    

     

 

Trust Preferreds — 0.5%

 

                 

Diversified Financial Services — 0.5%

  

GMAC Capital Trust I, Series 2,
8.13%, 2/15/40 (b)

     48,410         1,256,164   

Total Preferred Securities — 0.6%

              1,402,208   

    

     

    

     

 

Warrants (l)

 

                 

Media — 0.1%

  

Charter Communications, Inc. (Issued/Exercisable 11/30/09,
1 Share for 1 Warrant, Expires 11/30/14, Strike Price $51.28)

     6,862         156,110   

Software — 0.0%

  

HMH Holdings/EduMedia (Issued/Exercisable 3/09/10,
19 Shares for 1 Warrant,
Expires 6/22/19, Strike Price $42.27)

     982           

Total Warrants — 0.1%

              156,110   

    

     

Total Long-Term Investments

(Cost – $342,342,325) — 140.9%

              342,606,041   
 

 

                 
      BLACKROCK SENIOR HIGH INCOME FUND, INC       NOVEMBER 30, 2012    13      


 

 

Consolidated Schedule of Investments (continued)

 

 

BlackRock Senior High Income Fund, Inc. (ARK)

(Percentages shown are based on Net Assets)

 

 

    

Beneficial

Interest

(000)

     Value  

Short-Term Securities

     

Bank of New York Cash Reserves, 0.01% (m)

   USD 1,303       $ 1,302,766   
      Shares          

BlackRock Liquidity Funds, TempFund, Institutional Class, 0.15% (m)(n)

     2,369,880         2,369,880   

Total Short-Term Securities

(Cost – $3,672,646) – 1.5%

  

  

     3,672,646   

Total Investments (Cost - $346,014,971*) – 142.4%

  

     346,278,687   

Liabilities in Excess of Other Assets – (42.4)%

  

     (103,177,540)   

Net Assets – 100.0%

      $ 243,101,147   

 

*

  As of November 30, 2012, gross unrealized appreciation and gross unrealized depreciation based on cost for federal income tax purposes were as follows:     
  Tax cost    $ 344,130,991   
  Gross unrealized appreciation    $ 11,873,880   
  Gross unrealized depreciation      (9,726,184)   
  Net unrealized appreciation    $ 2,147,696   

(a)

  Security exempt from registration pursuant to Rule 144A under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended. These securities may be resold in transactions exempt from registration to qualified institutional investors.      

(b)

  Variable rate security. Rate shown is as of report date.   

(c)

  When-issued security. Unsettled when-issued transactions were as follows:    

 

     Counterparty    Value      Unrealized
Appreciation
 
     JPMorgan Chase & Co.    $         708,750       $   
     Wells Fargo & Co.    $ 290,046       $ 4,671   
     Deutsche Bank AG    $ 369,600       $   

 

(d) Non-income producing security.
(e) Issuer filed for bankruptcy and/or is in default of principal and/or interest payments.
(f) Represents a payment-in-kind security which may pay interest/dividends in additional par/shares.
(g) Convertible security.
(h) Security is perpetual in nature and has no stated maturity date.
(i) Represents a zero-coupon bond. Rate shown reflects the current yield as of report date.
(j) Other interests represent beneficial interests in liquidation trusts and other reorganization or private entities.
(k) Amount is less than $500.
(l) Warrants entitle the Fund to purchase a predetermined number of shares of common stock and are non-income producing. The purchase price and number of shares are subject to adjustment under certain conditions until the expiration date of the warrants, if any.
(m) Represents the current yield as of report date.
(n) Investments in issuers considered to be an affiliate of the Fund during the period ended November 30, 2012, for purposes of Section 2(a)(3) of the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended, were as follows:

 

         
Affiliate   

Shares

Held at

February 29,

2012

  

Net

Activity

  

Shares

Held at

November 30,

2012

   Income

BlackRock Liquidity Funds, TempFund, Institutional Class

      2,369,880    2,369,880    $    1,605

 

Portfolio Abbreviations

To simplify the listings of portfolio holdings in the Schedule of Investments, the names and descriptions of many of the securities have been abbreviated according to the following list:

 

CAD    Canadian Dollar
DIP    Debtor-In-Possession
EBITDA    Earnings Before Interest, Taxes, Depreciation and Amortization
FKA    Formerly Known As
USD    US Dollar
 

 

                 
        BLACKROCK SENIOR HIGH INCOME FUND, INC.       NOVEMBER 30, 2012    14      


 

 

Consolidated Schedule of Investments (continued)

 

 

BlackRock Senior High Income Fund, Inc. (ARK)

 

 

Foreign currency exchange contracts as of November 30, 2012 were as follows:

Currency Purchased    Currency Sold    Counterparty    Settlement Date   

Unrealized

Appreciation
(Depreciation)

CAD                    470,000

   USD                   470,969    Citigroup, Inc.    1/16/13    $                      1,749

USD                    601,341

   CAD                   600,000    Citigroup, Inc.    1/16/13    (2,129)

USD                    192,583

   CAD                   189,000    Citigroup, Inc.    1/16/13    2,491

Total

            $                      2,111
* For Fund compliance purposes, the Fund’s industry classifications refer to any one or more of the industry sub-classifications used by one or more widely recognized market indexes or rating group indexes, and/or as defined by Fund management. These definitions may not apply for purposes of this report, which may combine such industry sub-classifications for reporting ease.

 

 

Fair Value Measurements - Various inputs are used in determining the fair value of investments and derivative financial instruments. These inputs to valuation techniques are categorized into a disclosure hierarchy consisting of three broad levels for financial reporting purposes as follows:

 

   

Level 1 — unadjusted price quotations in active markets/exchanges for identical assets and liabilities that the Fund has the ability to access

 

   

Level 2 — other observable inputs (including, but not limited to, quoted prices for similar assets or liabilities in markets that are active, quoted prices for identical or similar assets or liabilities in markets that are not active, inputs other than quoted prices that are observable for the assets or liabilities (such as interest rates, yield curves, volatilities, prepayment speeds, loss severities, credit risks and default rates) or other market-corroborated inputs)

 

   

Level 3 — unobservable inputs based on the best information available in the circumstances, to the extent observable inputs are not available (including the Fund’s own assumptions used in determining the fair value of investments and derivative financial instruments)

The hierarchy gives the highest priority to unadjusted quoted prices in active markets for identical assets or liabilities (Level 1 measurements) and the lowest priority to unobservable inputs (Level 3 measurements). Accordingly, the degree of judgment exercised in determining fair value is greatest for instruments categorized in Level 3. The inputs used to measure fair value may fall into different levels of the fair value hierarchy. In such cases, for disclosure purposes, the level in the fair value hierarchy within which the fair value measurement falls in its entirety is determined based on the lowest level input that is significant to the fair value measurement in its entirety.

Changes in valuation techniques may result in transfers into or out of an assigned level within the disclosure hierarchy. In accordance with the Fund’s policy, transfers between different levels of the fair value disclosure hierarchy are deemed to have occurred as of the beginning of the reporting period. The categorization of a value determined for investments and derivative financial instruments is based on the pricing transparency of the investment and derivative financial instrument and is not necessarily an indication of the risks associated with investing in those securities. For information about the Fund’s policy regarding valuation of investments and derivative financial instruments and other significant accounting policies, please refer to the Fund’s most recent financial statements as contained in its semi-annual report.

The following tables summarize the inputs used as of November 30, 2012 in determining the fair valuation of the Fund’s investments and derivative financial instruments:

 

    Level 1   Level 2   Level 3   Total

Assets:

       

Investments:

       

Long-Term Investments:

       

Asset-Backed Securities

    $    1,078,350   $    6,378,341   $    7,456,691

Common Stocks

  $    970,756   591,434   665,969   2,228,159

Corporate Bonds

    141,877,448   2,523,294   144,400,742

Floating Rate Loan Interests

    164,842,973   20,944,764   185,787,737

Other Interests

  1,250     1,173,144   1,174,394

Preferred Securities

  1,256,164   146,044     1,402,208

Unfunded Loan Commitments

    369     369

Warrants

  156,110       156,110

Short-Term Securities

  3,672,646       3,672,646

Total

  $ 6,056,926   $ 308,536,618   $ 31,685,512   $346,279,056
               
    Level 1   Level 2   Level 3   Total

Derivative Financial Instruments1

       

Assets:

       

Foreign
currency exchange contracts

    $      4,240     $      4,240

Liabilities:

       

Foreign
currency exchange contracts

    (2,129)     (2,129)

Total

    $      2,111     $      2,111

 

  1 

Derivative financial instruments are foreign currency exchange contracts, which are valued at the unrealized appreciation/depreciation on the instrument.

 

 

                 
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Consolidated Schedule of Investments (continued)

 

 

BlackRock Senior High Income Fund, Inc. (ARK)

 

 

Certain of the Fund’s assets and liabilities are held at carrying amount, which approximates fair value for financial reporting purposes. As of November 30, 2012, such assets and liabilities are categorized within the disclosure hierarchy as follows:

     Level 1     Level 2     Level 3     Total  

Assets:

       

Foreign currency at value

  $ 16,876                    $ 16,876   

Liabilities:

       

Bank overdraft

         $ (25,695)               (25,695)   

Loans payable

           (95,000,000)                 (95,000,000)   

Total

  $   16,876      $   (95,025,695)             $ (95,08,819)   

There were no transfers between Level 1 and Level 2 during the period ended November 30, 2012.

 

 

A reconciliation of Level 3 investments is presented when the Fund had a significant amount of Level 3 investments at the beginning and/or end of the period in relation to net assets. The following table is a reconciliation of Level 3 investments for which significant unobservable inputs were used in determining fair value:

 

 

 
    

Asset-Backed

Securities

    

Common

Stocks

    

Corporate

Bonds

    

Floating Rate

Loan

Interests

    

Other

Interests

     Total  

 

 

Assets:

                 

Opening Balance, as of February 29, 2012

     $3,022,303         $355,574         $4,310,541         $12,348,294         $989,983         $21,026,695     

Transfers into Level 31

             735,532                 1,703,119                 2,438,651     

Transfers out of Level 31

             (271,121)                 (875,250)                 (1,146,371)     

Accrued discounts/premiums

     39,066                 129,104         21,139                 189,309     

Net realized gain (loss)

     56,614         (749,636)         349,763         (596,639)         12,000         (927,898)     

Net change in unrealized appreciation/depreciation2

     377,033         595,630         (427,394)         657,427         171,161         1,373,857     

Purchases

     5,604,115                         10,388,476                 15,992,591     

Sales

     (2,720,790)         (10)         (1,838,720)         (2,701,802)                 (7,261,322)     
  

 

 

 

Closing Balance, as of November 30, 2012

     $6,378,341         $665,969         $2,523,294         $20,944,764         $1,173,144         $31,685,512     
  

 

 

 

1 Transfers into and transfers out of Level 3 represent the values as of the beginning of the reporting period.

2 The change in unrealized appreciation/depreciation on securities still held as of November 30, 2012 was $456,112.

 

                 
      BLACKROCK SENIOR HIGH INCOME FUND, INC.       NOVEMBER 30, 2012    16      


 

 

Consolidated Schedule of Investments (concluded)

 

 

BlackRock Senior High Income Fund, Inc. (ARK)

 

The following table summarizes the valuation techniques used and unobservable inputs developed by the BlackRock Global Valuation Methodologies Committee (“Global Valuation Committee”) to determine the value of certain of the Fund’s Level 3 investments as of November 30, 2012. The table does not include Level 3 investments with values derived utilizing transaction prices from recent prior transactions or third party pricing information without adjustment for which such inputs are also unobservable. A significant change in third party pricing information could result in a significantly lower or higher value of Level 3 investments. The value of Level 3 investments derived using prices from prior transactions and/or third party pricing information is $26,046,719.

 

     Value      Valuation Techniques   

Unobservable

    Inputs1

  

Range of

Unobservable
Inputs Utilized

  Weighted Average
of Unobservable
Inputs2

Assets:

                           
Common Stocks    $ 65,534       Market Comparable Companies    EBITDA Multiple    5.0x   5.0x
         Illiquidity Discount    20%   20%
         Proforma Revenue Increase    42.77%   42.77%
Corporate Bonds      2,261,034       Market Comparable Companies    EBITDA Multiple    5.0x   5.0x
         Illiquidity Discount    20%   20%
         Proforma Revenue Increase    42.77%   42.77%
Floating Rate Loan Interests      3,312,225       Market Comparable Companies    Yield    9.64%   9.64%
      Cost    N/A3     

Total

   $ 5,638,793                      

 

1 

A change to the unobservable input may result in a significant change to the value of the investment as follows:

 

Unobservable Input

     Impact to Value if Input Increases       Impact to Value if Input Decreases

EBITDA Multiple

     Increase       Decrease

Illiquidity Discount

     Decrease       Increase

Proforma Revenue Increase

     Increase       Decrease

Yield

     Decrease       Increase

 

2

Unobservable inputs are weighted based on the value of the investments included in the range.

 

3

The Fund fair values certain of its Level 3 investments using prior transaction prices (acquisition cost), although the transaction may not have occurred during the current reporting period. In such cases, these investments are generally privately held investments. There may not be a secondary market, and/or there are a limited number of investors. The determination to fair value such investments at cost is based upon factors consistent with the principles of fair value measurement that are reasonably available to the Global Valuation Committee, or its delegate. Valuations are reviewed utilizing available market information to determine if the carrying value should be adjusted. Such market data may include, but is not limited to, observations of the trading multiples of public companies considered comparable to the private companies being valued, financial or operational information released by the company, and/or news or corporate events that affect the investment. Valuations may be adjusted to account for company-specific issues, the lack of liquidity inherent in a nonpublic investment and the fact that comparable public companies are not identical to the investments being fair valued by the Fund.

 

                 
      BLACKROCK SENIOR HIGH INCOME FUND, INC.       NOVEMBER 30, 2012    17


Item 2 – Controls and Procedures

 

2(a) –    The registrant’s principal executive and principal financial officers, or persons performing similar functions, have concluded that the registrant’s disclosure controls and procedures (as defined in Rule 30a-3(c) under the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended (the “1940 Act”)) are effective as of a date within 90 days of the filing of this report based on the evaluation of these controls and procedures required by Rule 30a-3(b) under the 1940 Act and Rule 13a-15(b) under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended.
2(b) –    There were no changes in the registrant’s internal control over financial reporting (as defined in Rule 30a-3(d) under the 1940 Act) that occurred during the registrant’s last fiscal quarter that have materially affected, or are reasonably likely to materially affect, the registrant’s internal control over financial reporting.

Item 3 – Exhibits

 Certifications – Attached hereto


Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 and the Investment Company Act of 1940, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized.

BlackRock Senior High Income Fund, Inc.

 

By:  

/s/ John M. Perlowski

  John M. Perlowski
  Chief Executive Officer (principal executive officer) of
  BlackRock Senior High Income Fund, Inc.

Date: January 23, 2013

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 and the Investment Company Act of 1940, this report has been signed below by the following persons on behalf of the registrant and in the capacities and on the dates indicated.

 

By:  

/s/ John M. Perlowski

  John M. Perlowski
  Chief Executive Officer (principal executive officer) of
  BlackRock Senior High Income Fund, Inc.

Date: January 23, 2013

 

By:  

/s/ Neal J. Andrews

  Neal J. Andrews
  Chief Financial Officer (principal financial officer) of
  BlackRock Senior High Income Fund, Inc.

Date: January 23, 2013